Which Bottle Have You Laid To Rest?

[Trey Manthey]

Finally finished my birthday bottle, Glenfarclas 30. Maybe my favorite sherried Speysider. It will be missed.

[Yeti]

I know your position on "reserving" bottles, but there's a 'farclas 40 already in the closet. Here's to not dying for another decade!

[ChainWhip]

Compass Box Eleuthera hitting the bin tonight - been riding the Compass Box locomotive these past few nights

[Yeti]

Finished my first pair of Signatory Cask Strength Collection bottles. A 1996 Glenlivet that spent 6 days short of 15 years in a sherry butt, bottled at 57.1%. This one was the perfect Christmas time drink. It was distilled on Halloween day in 1996, so I opened it for Halloween this year which as good timing. Tasted of cinnamon and spice and warm pastries.

The other was a 1995 Laphroaig aged 16 years in a bourbon hogshead, bottled at 60%. God I love Laphroaig. Massive salty-sweet kick with more integrated fruit and slightly less peat than you get in the 10 year, no doubt from the extra aging. This only yielded 233 bottles, but there are plenty of "sister casks" out there (Cask #38-44 from what I've seen). May have to pick one up...

[ChainWhip]

Balvenie 17 Madeira hit the recycle bin tonight - should've stocked up on this one

[The Boozer]

JW Green Label. Simply the best by far, of the Walker line. All 100% malt. Need to stock pile this stuff.

[squire]

I preferred the Gold myself but not at today's prices.

[portwood]

I preferred the Gold myself but not at today's prices.

Not at today's prices, and probably not the current version of the Gold label (reserve) either!

[squire]

It's probably changed as well since I last tried it, that was awhile back.

[Yeti]

JW Green Label. Simply the best by far, of the Walker line. All 100% malt. Need to stock pile this stuff.

[squire]

Will probably retire a Barton ere this day is over.

[Kalessin]

Ardmore Traditional Cask, finished the last pour while looking out at the two feet of snow piling up in my front yard. This was the end of about 1/4 bottle that was left for me by a guest at a party I threw a few weeks ago.

Peaty, smoky, a little sweet fruit and vanilla. I need to head out and buy a nice replacement single-malt to fill the space it had in the cabinet bar.

[thiemb]

Knocked out a bottle of BT and a Weller 12 tonight.

[ebo]

Ardmore Traditional Cask, finished the last pour while looking out at the two feet of snow piling up in my front yard. This was the end of about 1/4 bottle that was left for me by a guest at a party I threw a few weeks ago.

Peaty, smoky, a little sweet fruit and vanilla. I need to head out and buy a nice replacement single-malt to fill the space it had in the cabinet bar.

[jtexaslonestar]

Lag 16. Great bottle! It may be a while before I can put the cash down for this again, but I will when I can.

[compliance]

Finished up the Laddie 10, and it will be missed. Since I don't have any more Bruichladdich I am reconsidering the 2006 Bere Barley edition I passed on earlier in the week. Anyone had that bottle? Passable one off or must have?

edit - Nevermind. Buy now, think later. Who doesn't want more whiskey?

Edited February 24, 2013 by compliance

[Yeti]

Bere Barley 2006... Yes yes yes! I wish I had another bottle. It's tremendously different from the "sherry" or "peaty" standard scotch profiles. Really enjoyed and recommended.

[Trey Manthey]

Polishing off an L6 bottle of Lagavulin.

I'm going to get my hands on that Bere Barley. I can't resist something new and different.

[tanstaafl2]

Polishing off an L6 bottle of Lagavulin.

I'm going to get my hands on that Bere Barley. I can't resist something new and different.

Even though I don't drink a lot of scotch I am trying to broaden my horizons and the new and unusual always appeal to me. So I was considering trying to find that one. Would be curious to hear what you think of it if you find it!

[dohidied]

Polished off The Speyside 12 this fine day, my first and only bottle of scotch. Enjoyed it more and more over the last few years since I opened it. I seem to recall drinking some scotch years ago that had too much peat for my taste, but this seems nearly free of it. Does anyone have a suggestion for another mellow, malty Scotch? Should I stick to the Speyside region? Glenfiddich? The Glenlivet? Trader Joe's Speyside 18yr?

[Wall Eye]

Dohidied - You will get wide variety of answers to your question - but imo if you just want some nice, mellow, malty scotch, I enjoy Glengoyne 10 or Aberfeldy 12. They won't break the bank ($39ish) but are just nice, basic, tasty single malts. (No peat, no smoke, no sherry, etc.) And if you can find Tomatin 12 - it's also very nice and even less expensive ($29ish).

I always enjoy Johnnie Walker Black as well - a 12 yr old blend but a tad less expensive and more available than the other three...

Hard to go too far wrong with any of these.

[dohidied]

Thanks for the suggestions, Wall Eye. I'll be on the lookout for those. Looks like my local BevMo has the Tomatin for $27. Nice!

[SFS]

I strongly second the Tomatin 12, though part of my enthusiasm is that it's only $22 here.

[weller_tex]

Springbank 12 Year Cask Strength. First bottle of a Single Malt I have purchased in over a year. I had been sticking to bourbon/rye for price reasons. This purchased reminded me why I like Springbank so much..and at 108 proof and $80 it was a relative bargain in the Single Malt world. I am getting another soon. Oh and I know someone will kill me for this.but I was out of bourbon while grilling on a hot and humid Houston day (that could be anytime from April through October!) so I tried this with 2 cubes of ice. It was refreshing and delicious!

[bllygthrd]

Finished the last of my RHF last night ... I'll miss that bottle on my bourbon bar.